You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (778 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688124038 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 424 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
25,000 first printing.. A biography of gospel singer Sam Cooke chronicles the life of the pioneering African-American musical entrepreneur, from his success in gospel music, to his move into pop music, to his untimely murder at age thirty-three
And Cooke's vocal mannerisms--the melismatic swooping and yodeling he applied to key phrases--are still audible every time Aaron Neville opens his mouth (not to mention a host of other singers, from Rod Stewart to Aretha Franklin). His compositions have inspired a multitude of covers, few of which manage to lay a finger on the original versions. Decades after his death, Sam Cooke's thrilling, seductive tenor remains one of the glories of American popular music. He traces the singer's transformation from gospel prodigy, who hit the road with the Soul Stirrers at the tende
DARKHAWKEFive Stars GREAT BOOK AND FIND THX. Five Stars GREAT BOOK AND FIND THX. said Five Stars. GREAT BOOK AND FIND THX. Bringing It On Home When I first read this book,I was so entranced that I stayed up all night reading.Sam Cooke had long been my musical idol and many stories about him are a) sketchy or ;b)center around the bizarre circumstances surrounding his death.Granted this book doesn't answer many questions about his cause of death,but it does open up alot of things about his life.It showed a human side to the man behind the voice(fathering many illegitimate children,his shrewed business instincts,the death of. Invaluable resource to the musician fan of Sam A Customer There are a couple of reviews included here that criticize Wolff's (et al) biography of Sam Cooke. However, I couldn't have been more pleased with it!As a musician/songwriter/singer, myself, "You Send Me" provided exactly the type of information I wanted to learn about my beloved Sam: how he composed, recorded, released and performed his music. I also enjoyed learning about Sam's background in Clarksdale and Chicago as well as the exhaustive research regarding his time with the QCs